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@mrandrewmoon I didn't know Stevie Wonder was coaching them now.

#Pompey winger Millie Alli has received his first call up to the Republic of Ireland squad

@henrywinter He should be one of the first names on the team sheet. Option from the bench, WTF @henrywinter

Still can’t believe that England are going to the World Cup without arguably their best passer. Watching fringe candidates labour at Wembley highlights even more the nonsense of Alexander-Arnold’s omission. He’s a game-changing option from the bench. If you have pace out wide in Gordon/Rashford and Saka/Madueke/Bowen and want to launch a quick counter, TAA can deliver. If England are in a shoutout, he can deliver. Risk/reward. #ENG

@_jnr_alfa @Timesofiraan LOL..you lot chose this moron. LMFAO...MAGA!

🚨 Marco Rubio sounds the alarm on Hormuz tolls — and the frustration in Washington is palpable 🔥 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio just laid it out after G7 meetings: Iran is moving to permanently control the Strait of Hormuz and impose a tolling system on passing ships. He called it “illegal, unacceptable, and dangerous to the world,” warning that Tehran wants to turn this critical chokepoint (20% of global oil and LNG) into their own “toll booth.” Rubio admitted the US won’t lead the response alone and openly urged allies — especially Europe and major Asian economies heavily dependent on that oil route — to step up with a plan to keep the strait open and toll-free. He said the US is ready to participate, but others with bigger stakes need to contribute heavily. This comes as the war grinds into its fifth week: Iranian missiles still launching from battered bases (Yazd included), US/Israeli strikes on nuclear sites, steel plants, and infrastructure, damage to American aircraft at Prince Sultan base, power issues in Israel, and heartbreaking civilian losses like the Minab school tragedy. Oil prices have spiked hard, US markets already down trillions, and global energy anxiety rising fast. Iran has effectively slowed or selectively controlled traffic through the strait since the conflict intensified, and now parliament is reportedly drafting legislation to formalize fees under “sovereignty” claims. Rubio frames it as post-war challenge even if US objectives are met “in weeks, not months.” Real talk: The strait was a free international waterway for decades until this war turned it into a flashpoint. Now both sides are locked in — Iran leveraging geography and resilience after absorbing heavy strikes, while the US pushes for international burden-sharing because unilateral control of the waterway isn’t sustainable or cheap. This entire conflict has shown the brutal limits of power projection: hardened underground facilities, asymmetric responses, economic blowback, and civilians paying the ultimate price on every side. Declaring “victory” while trillions evaporate and chokepoints get weaponized leaves everyone weaker. Praying for de-escalation and serious diplomacy before the toll (literal and figurative) gets even higher. The world economy can’t afford a prolonged Hormuz crisis on top of everything else. What’s your take — is Rubio right to call for global help, or does this expose overstretch after weeks of strikes? Can the strait return to open navigation without a broader deal, or has the war permanently changed the rules there? Drop thoughts below 👇 RT if this Hormuz drama has you watching the economic fallout closely. Stay informed, stay safe. #StraitOfHormuz #MarcoRubio #IranUSWar #MiddleEastConflict #OilCrisis #BreakingNews

@FluentInQuality It is indeed, but that doesn't mean it can't go down a lot more. There are risks with this investment which will induce large sell offs from time to time. Long term it will do very well, IMHO.

$MELI is a hell of a good opportunity right now. Convince me otherwise.

@brans49063 @ThePompeyUnion @Michael_Eisner @eric_eisner Donald Trump.

@ThePompeyUnion @Michael_Eisner @eric_eisner Piss off Eisner

We have had enough, social media can only make so much noise. Fratton Park, Mon 6th April, 12.30, Oxford. @Michael_Eisner & @eric_eisner your time is up, we will be protesting, too many lies, too much false hope, all words, no action. Sell up, now. #pompey

@pn_jordan_cross I suspect he has recently. That's why Luton didn't use him.

Shining diamond or cheap imitation? Will the real Millenic Alli please stand up for Pompey? portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football…

@SonStats FWIW, I think the owners have done pretty well. If, and it's a much bigger if now, we stay up, there will be opportunities to pick up good players cheaply. Mousinho has made mistakes. However he should be sacked because he continues doing the same things.

It's a failure of EVERYONE! Don't know about everyone else but I'm not letting the players and coaching staff get away scot free. They were all a disgrace on Saturday! #Pompey

@CharlieFarnsba9 We're not down....yet.

Seriously questioning my love for football, though have to add my love for #Pompey will never die. But like all marriages, you can still love someone and have to let them go. That’s the quandary I’m in right now. I’m not one of those fans who wants us to have millions splashed on us like Man City and Chelsea in the past, I just want owners who are sensible but not to the point of being so safe that they’re dangerous. That sadly is what we’re got. Yes the Eisners have given us stability (to a degree), they have made us financially safe - but only because they won’t spend on the squad. A crazy and misdirected attitude as not staying up will lose millions in tv rights, the club would be worth more to any potential buyer or additional investor too. The quality of football reflective of the quality of player from bargain basement signings, clearly on display in lacklustre and extremely disappointing performances like today - which wasn’t the only one but a series of inept and incompetent displays from the players and sadly recently from John Mousinho. That said, it’s not just down to today; in the last nine years, only two seasons have really been anything to cheer about; Kenny Jackett almost sucked the life out of the club and the game, the Cowleys carried emergency CPR and got the blood flowing but just didn’t have the resources available to them for us to be alive and kicking. The appointment of John Mousinho, although leaving many of us completely uninspired at the time gave us all a while to actually enjoy our football again, as he turned our fortunes around and the following season brought us a championship winning promotion. The following season was hard, but it still gave us something to be proud of. This season, Andy Cullen, Brad Wall and Richard Hughes should’ve been backed better by the Eisners and in turn should’ve performed far better than the majority of their at best League 2 standard signings. Haggling over £200k for a player who could well have made the difference between staying up or going down is unforgivable. We are where we are due to wasted money and very poor recruitment, along with a head coach who has found his limitations. That though is neither here nor there; I long lost any interest in the @EPL and it seems I’m one of a growing number; I would actually struggle to give you the names of five players currently playing in that circus freak show. I’m not interested in getting there, I just want mid-table obscurity, nothing too much to ask. Now it looks highly likely that all we have is a future in L1 at best, there’s no way these owners will invest in us to get back up, there’s cost this and last season gas frightened them - so really, they’re not the owners we need. I’ve seen us at our lowest ebb, I’ve seen us at our pinnacle, but today just underlined how tragically out of touch our owners are and our hopes are. I can’t see us getting back up into the Championship in my lifetime unless we have an owner who is cautious but willing to try to move up.

@PompeyFlag @Pompey Bang on the money. He has destroyed Chaplin playing him out of position. Swanson will leave if he stays, because he victimised him. Get rid in the next 24 hours.

@Pompey Mousinho at fault for that garbage. You don't take the defensive steel of Adams & chuck it in the 10 & you DEFINITELY don't put Swift in the 6 when he hates playing there & already cost us goals there. Insane. Manager has to look at himself. Utterly baffling. #Pompey in deep 💩

@BlueArmyAlex Yep. Today having a no legs midfield is the last straw. Recent performances have been so poor. Confidence is on the floor. Call him tonight and get rid. If not both Hughes and him have to go if, more likely when, we are relegated.

Time for Mous to go? #Pompey Strange decisions all season: Playing Swift DM and Adams AM Playing Chaplin RM half the season Making Doyle set piece coach over Prodomo Josh Knight Ditching high pressing for possession football Eisners are the architects btw, they need to go too.

@JackDavis10 Dominating the ball? You mean passing it around nearer our goal than theirs and then losing it within two touches as soon it goes anywhere near their goal. Easy to score against us. Force half a dozen corners or pick the ball up and move it forward quickly.

Somehow still not in the relegation zone. We play both Leicester and Oxford. If we don’t see a drastic change in style of play after the international break then we are doomed. Can’t keep dominating the ball, stat padding and hoping it goes in the back of the net. #Pompey

@officialfournil Mousinho to blame. Set up completely wrong. Get rid of him.

Please don’t be shite #Pompey 🏙️🔵

@ptidlou Nuts. Get Redknapp in and play players in their positions. Clueless from Mousinho!

Adams. Probably the best player in our squad for sniffing out a pass and getting stuck in when it matters is in the 10. While Swift who is a natural 10 is playing deeper and fucks is with an stupid error. Crazy set up that’s just cost us a goal. #pompey

@HancockAnalysis Mousinho is highly intelligent, a great communicator and most players buy into his team ethic. However constantly playing players out of position, picking the best paid players regardless of form has cost him and us. Get a @Redknapp back.

Playing him as right winger for months didn’t exactly help things

@mjpartridge1 We did it last year and we'll do it again if all the doubting dinlos get behind the team when they need it. WTF did Alan Ball say about Pompey? #Pompey

Clearly football finances are broken (below the Premier League). But you can’t pay 50% less than the league average on wages and expect to stay up

@CamGpfc @Pompey Completely wrong but the must win games are coming! Keep the faith.

@Pompey Club is rotten to the core, tonight was a must win, we are going down. No fight, not one player good enough at the moment.

Defeat.

@GeorgeSlatcher Make mine a cheese role? Rolls on the floor laughing. Must have made a few mistakes in his English! FFS!!

Ever since Blackburn game, the team looks a completely different outfit, they don’t know each others rolls, they don’t know who’s going who’s staying, mousinho must of said some damaging stuff in that dressing room, because they are not playing for him right now #Pompey

@pn_neil_allen @pfc_sam IF we stay up and poach players from the three relegated clubs, your view could well change. Those three will be in serious trouble. Now is the time to make Fratton Park rock!!

@pfc_sam Absolutely agree with you, Sam.

There's absolutely nobody better to independently analyse #Pompey's accounts and Tornante's loan than the brilliant @KieranMaguire. We interviewed him today on those very issues... portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football…

@AdrianDoughty2 @pn_neil_allen @KieranMaguire Ahh another product of Wellington Place school, Landport, who understands finance. You lot will be complaining when we are yo-yoing between the Championship and the Premiership and the Eisners are increasing the capacity. Dickheads!

@pn_neil_allen @KieranMaguire Only one thing missing from an excellent summary, what is the value of the club, taking an EBITDA multiplier of 8? From that you can extrapolate what the value would be as a premier club with a multiplier of 20/30. Then ROI is clear.

@awnings4every1 @pn_neil_allen @KieranMaguire Because their strategy is the safest way forward! Ask AI to compare @KieranMaguire analysis with Oxford, WBA, Leicester or Blackburn.Then ask about after relegation for all five. #Pompey @Pompey PUPPPU

@pn_neil_allen @KieranMaguire Yeah that’s all well and good getting an expert in the field to make comment. How about an uninformed disgruntled fan who doesn’t understand football finance. Why do you always go for the Eisner defence league?